"We achieved targeted earnings results despite significant weakness in our primary market - U.S. financial services. As conditions in that market are likely to remain challenging in the near term, we are staying focused on protecting earnings through strict cost management and prudent expansion into selected growth industries and international markets. We remain committed to our Decision Management strategy, which is especially relevant to clients in this era of heightened defaults, fraud, and uncollectible receivables," said Mark Greene, Chief Executive Officer.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results from Continuing Operations

The company reported third quarter revenues from continuing operations of $183.3 million in fiscal 2008 versus $196.6 million reported in the prior year period. Net income from continuing operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 totaled $18.8 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, versus $26.1 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, reported in the prior year period.

Third quarter fiscal 2008 results from continuing operations included after-tax charges of $1.4 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, from the continuation of company's previously announced reengineering plan. The charges relate to a further reduction in workforce and facility consolidation.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Revenues from Continuing Operations Highlights

Revenues for third quarter fiscal 2008 across each of the company's four operating segments were as follows:

• Strategy Machine Solutions revenues were $94.8 million in the third quarter compared to $104.1 million in the prior year quarter, or a decrease of 8.9%, primarily due to a decline associated with collections and recovery, fraud and marketing solutions, offset by an increase in revenues derived from consumer and originations products.
• Scoring Solutions revenues were $37.6 million in the third quarter compared to $47.2 million in the prioin the prior year quarter, or a decrease of 20.5%, primarily due to a decrease in the volume of credit bureau risk scores, including a one-time true-up relating to the previously announced agreement with Equifax, and a decrease in revenues derived from our PreScore Service.
• Professional Services revenues were $39.1 million in the third quarter compared to $35.2 million in the prior year quarter, or an increase of 11.3%, primarily due to an increase in revenues derived from collections and recovery, fraud and Blaze AdvisorTM implementation services.
• Analytic Software Tools revenues were $11.8 million in the third quarter compared to $10.1 million in the prior year quarter, or an increase of 16.6%, due to an increase in revenues generated from sales of the Xpress MP and Model Builder products.

Fiscal 2008 Year-to-date Results from Continuing Operations

The company reported year-to-date revenues from continuing operations of $566.7 million in fiscal 2008 versus $585.5 million reported in the prior year period. Net income from continuing operations for year-to-date fiscal 2008 totaled $57.4 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, versus $79.4 million, or $1.36 per diluted share, reported in the prior year period.

Year-to-date fiscal 2007 results from continuing operations included $7.7 million in revenues from the mortgage product line, which was sold in March 2007.

Fiscal 2008 Year-to-date Revenues from Continuing Operations Highlights

Revenues for year-to-date fiscal 2008 across each of the company's four operating segments were as follows:

• Strategy Machine Solutions revenues were $293.6 million compared to $306.4 million in the prior year, or a decrease of 4.2%, primarily due to the divestiture of the mortgage product line in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and a decline associated with marketing solutions and analytics products, partially offset by an increase in revenues derived from collections and recovery, and consumer products.
• Scoring Solutions revenues were $119.6 million compared to $134.5 million in the prior year, or a decrease of 11.1%, primarily due to a decrease in revenues derived from our PreScore Service as well as a decrease in the volume of credit bureau risk scores, including a one-time true-up relating to the previously announced agreement with Equifax.
• Professional Services revenues were $114.6 million compared to $110.8 million in the prior year, or an increase of 3.4%, primarily due to an increase associated with collections and recovery, customer management, fraud and Blaze AdvisorTM implementation and consulting services, partially offset by a decrease in revenues derived from originations and healthcare and analytic implementation and consulting services.
• Analytic Software Tools revenues were $38.8 million compared to $33.7 million in the prior year, or and increase of 15.0%, due to an increase in revenues generated from the sale of the Blaze AdvisorTM, model builder and Xpress MP products.

Bookings from Continuing Operations Highlights

The bookings from continuing operations for the third quarter were $64.2 million compared to $78.7 million in the same period last year. Year-to-date fiscal 2008 bookings from continuing operations were $256.1 million compared to $208.5 million for the prior year. The company defines a "new booking" as estimated future contractual revenues, including agreements with perpetual, multi-year and annual terms. Management regards the volume of new bookings achieved as one indicator of future revenues, but they are not comparable to, nor should they be substituted for, an analysis of the company's revenues.

Impact from Discontinued Operations

The company completed the sale of its Insurance Bill Review business unit on April 30, 2008, and the results for that business unit have been reported as a discontinued operation within this press release and in the accompanying financial statements.

The net gain associated with the discontinued operation for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 totaled $7.7 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, versus a net loss of $2.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the prior year period. The third quarter of fiscal 2008 gain is comprised of a $7.6 million gain related to tax deductions associated with intangible assets of the business unit and $100,000 of income from operations.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights

Cash and cash equivalents, and investments were $244.7 million at June 30, 2008, as compared to $246.8 million at September 30, 2007. Significant changes in cash and cash equivalents from September 30, 2007 include cash provided by operations of $113.8 million, proceeds from the issuance of Senior Notes of $275.0 million, proceeds from the sale of the Insurance Bill Review business unit of $14.2 million, and $19.6 million received from the exercise of stock options and stock issued under an employee stock purchase plan. Cash used during fiscal 2008 includes $17.6 million related to purchases of property and equipment, $33.3 million related to the acquisition of Dash Optimization Limited, $122.8 million related to repurchases of Senior Convertible Notes, $132.0 million in repayments on the revolving credit facility, and $116.6 million to repurchase common stock.

Outlook of Continuing Operations

The company expects revenues from continuing operations for the last quarter of fiscal 2008 to be approximately $187.0 million and earnings per diluted share to be approximately $0.36.